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Red Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Photo by LauraMaria
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This beautiful lionfish appeared on the reef, I think we'd wandered into his territory. I was frustrated I couldn't get a better photo, the current was strong so I had to use the zoom and the picture quality suffered!

Habitat:

Coral reefs

Notes:

Indigenous to the Indo-Pacific, but introduced to the Carribean with disastrous consequences

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Comments (4)

Thanks Luc! They are very spectacular, but also poisonous so definitely "look but don't touch"!
Wow ! It's spectacular, great picture . This fish is really too good to be eating hihihi :))
Oohh, how nice! Even if the quality "suffered" it is still an amazing shot. Great job!

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